2LT Elias Weddle
BIRTH 16 Apr 1770
Netherlands
DEATH 27 Mar 1814 (aged 43)
Tallapoosa County, Alabama, USA
BURIAL
Fort Williams Military Memorial Park
Fayetteville, Talladega County, Alabama, USA
Elias Weddle, Sr. was married to Nancy Wallen on 29 May 1791 in Hawkins Co TN. His parents were John R Weddle and Mary Wallen Weddle. When Elias was about 4 yrs old, the family came from the Netherlands to America (1774), settling in Baltimore MD. By 1786 they had moved to Pittsburg Co PA.
Elias and his son Thomas (1796-1814), were both killed in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in Tohopeka, AL in 1814. (The Indian War of 1812.) Elias is buried in the Ft Williams Military Cemetery in Fayetteville/Sylacuaga, Taladega Co., AL. Another son, Corporal Elias Weddel (1809-1881), was severely wounded in the Battle of Buena Vista (aka Battle of Angostura) in Mexico on 23 Feb 1847.
Children:
1) Sarah "Sally" Weddle (b: 1792); m. Elijah Curry.
2) Susannah Weddle (b: 1794), may have died young.
3) Thomas Weddle (1796-1814); killed with his father at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
4) Mary Jane Weddle (1798-1870), m: Benjamin Hubbard.
5) Nancy Weddle (1799-1855), m: Wiley Guy.
6) Pleasant G Weddle (1801-1860), m: Anna Millsap.
7) Jane Weddle (1805-1867), m: Capt James Taggart Jr
8) James Wallen Weddle (b: 1807), m: Mary Elizabeth Davidson.
9) Elias Weddle Jr (1809-1881), m1: Anna Richards, m2: Hester Ann Weddle, his 1st cousin.
10) Armilda Millicent "Millie" Weddle (1811-1846), m: Pleasant R Hamblen.
11) Mordecai Bean Weddle (1812-1888), m1: Jane Marshall, m2: Mary C Richards.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7637228/elias-weddle
